Retro game stuff talk

[VictimRLSH]

@celly There was one point back in the heydey of the Amiga and Mac where the Amiga could emulate the top of the line Mac (I think that model was the "quadra" or something similar) and get more performance than the real machine. If you were getting support from Mac enthusiasts and let it slip you were emulating on an Amiga, they got HYPER pissed. Apparently you don't defile the purists' turf. LOL...

[obsidianspider]

While not retro per se, I think you may appreciate the custom console cabinet I built with my dad. It was mainly made out of 3/4" plywood over the course of a few weekend, then I had to wait a month for the paint to cure. Last night after work I finally loaded it up and there's a minimal rats' nest of wires considering everything that is going on. Now I just need more consoles. ;)

[celly]

I ordered myself an Odroid-Go for my birthday and had to wait until the actual day (which was today), to open it. My son and I put it together in about 5 minutes and flashing the sd card and transfering roms was simple. I’m really enjoying this and can’t wait to case mod it a bit.

[obsidianspider]

@celly Does it play Tetris? I heard that's a good game.

[thelostsoul]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

@celly Does it play Tetris? I heard that's a good game.

But, can it run Crysis? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-can-it-run-crysis

[celly]

@obsidianspider Ha! Yeah, I got all my favorite Tetris versions loaded up and tested them last night. Even Tengen Tetris for NES.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Nothing new lately here. Hard Off has rather a boring selection a the moment. Nothing worth mentioning.

So i thought i tease you guys a bit with some of my stuff that i found while cleaning up the house.
But before that there is something I would like to ask you guys. Not sure, some of you might have seen or heard about them but long time ago Rockstar released the game The Warriors on Xbox and I can't recall where I got them from but I have these promotional 14 gang pin badges from that game and was wondering if you guys know what the value for such a complete set is?
I think they gave one random pin badge when you pre-ordered the game at that time so having the complete 14 pin set must have some value right?

And here some of my other rare stuff.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk I don’t know anything about the pin set, but that Game & Watch and those Game Boys! Wow! I’ve bought some stuff lately, but I didn’t want to flood the post. I’ll have to get some pictures from my Instagram.

[obsidianspider]

Super Mario Bros 2 - NES

Final Fantasy IV - Game Boy Advance

Another of those Burger King Game Boy Color toys

Sony PocketStation

Sega Nomad (with more scratches than in the auction photo thanks to the seller just throwing it in a box with no packing material)

Yggdra Union - Game Boy Advance

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Wii

Spider-Man Nintendo Classics Keychain

I found a nicer Nomad which, while not mint, has a nicer case than the first one. The first one will get a screen mod.

Tales of Symphonia - GameCube

Puyo Puyo Tsuu - Game Boy

Super Puzzle Fighter II - Game Boy Advance

Super Nazo Puyo - Super Famicom

Super Puyo Puyo - Super Famicom

Tales of Phantaisa - Game Boy Advance

Sword of Mana - Game Boy Advance

Mario vs. Donkey Kong - Game Boy Advance

Lunar Legend - Game Boy Advance

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land - Game Boy Advance

I added a touch activated RGB backlight controller to a DMG

Wario Land 3 - Game Boy Color

Star Ocean - Super Famicom

Tales of Phantasia - Super Famicom

Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament - Game Boy Advance

Lunar: Dragon Song - Nintendo DS

And today I added a SATA hard drive adapter to my PS2 and soft modded it

[FlyingTomahawk]

Nomad!!!
Oh man its been so long sine I have seen one.
Does it play only US games?
How much do they go for right now?

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk In theory they only play US Genesis games, but you can mod them to play MasterSystem games. I have an EverDrive, and from what I've seen Japanese games seem to work. I haven't tried anything PAL.

The scratchy nomad I got will be getting a MasterSystem mod while I have it open for the screen upgrade.

They regularly go for around $200 on eBay (even the battery packs alone are like $80)

I got mine for around $115 each including shipping. Not cheap, but a good price considering how much they currently go for.

Now I really want to make a portable Super Nintendo. If I can find a beat to hell Super Nintendo/Famicom Junior, I think the motherboard would work for a (big) handheld.

I'm still on the look for non-crazy expensive Lynxes, Game Boy Micro, Neo Geo Pocket Color, a non-gray Game Gear to a McWill mod on, Virtual Boy, and a Turbo Express/PC Engine GT, but they all tend to be really expensive.

Also, if you ever come across a SuperGrafx that is in working condition on your outings, please let me know.

[VictimRLSH]

@obsidianspider OMG Star Ocean 1!!! Major jealous...

[obsidianspider]

I had a pretty amazing gift sent to me by a good friend full of retro gaming goodness. I know he says he got really good deals on this stuff, but Dreamcasts and N64s around here are stupid expensive, so yeah, wow. I really can't thank him enough.

[celly]

@obsidianspider lets see that shelf all dolled up with your new systems!

[A Former User]

Got my Pi a nice present.

Lovely old-school style hap controllers, and gorgeous clicky micro-switched concave buttons - for that retro 80s arcade feel. This feels amazing, with a couple of strong tight springs in the controllers, octagon gates, these feel weighty but not too clicky - there is nothing worse than loud clicky micro switches.
As much as I liked my Hori Rap 4, I didn't care much for it's square-gated Hayabusa stick - too light, too loose and a bit too clicky. While the HORI Kuro buttons were nice, I prefer concave to convex buttons.
The only downside is that this stick identifies as a keyboard, not a controller. Would love to mod X-Arcade drivers to see this stick, but way out of my depth there.
Anyone have any experience of dealing with sticks as keyboards ? Because the Pi only sees a keyboard, it also only sees one keyboard. So I can't configure the second stick - I have to manually do this in every emulator that allows custom controls.

[celly]

@John_RM_70 a long time ago I gutted an X-Arcade Tankstick and replaced thier board with an I-Pac4 from Ultimarc. Used the same button layout on my arcade CP just used the I-Pac to reconfigure everything outside of what X-Arcade had originally. Worked great. Of course I ended up replacing everything anyway later on down the road.

[A Former User]

@celly Cheers, I will look into this. Perhaps I have a board in the Scorpion that I can replace.
Just a thought, doesn't the I-Pac identify as a keyboard ? What I like about the X-Arcade Pi driver is that it identifies the X-Arcade as 2 joysticks.

[celly]

@John_RM_70 yes it does. However, with the WinIPac program you can change the buttons to use whatever keys you want from the keyboard. Making it easier to map buttons that normally you wouldn’t use. I know the Tankstick used the Shift key and that possed some issues with some emulators (and even Windows).

[A Former User]

@celly Cheers for that.
One last question. What about non-retroarch emulators that look for a joystick axis ? These are the problematic emulators that I'm finding hard to deal with, they simply don't see my Scorpion Joystick.

[celly]

@John_RM_70 that I honestly don’t know about. Maybe someone else who is using an IPac with Retroarch can chime in.